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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.50 2010/01/17 21:49:09 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.53 2010/11/21 01:01:13 djm Exp $
.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 17 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 21 2010 $
.Dt SSH-AGENT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@
.Nd authentication agent
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ssh-agent
-.Op Fl c Li | Fl s
+.Op Fl c | s
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl a Ar bind_address
.Op Fl t Ar life
.Op Ar command Op Ar arg ...
.Nm ssh-agent
-.Op Fl c Li | Fl s
+.Op Fl c | s
.Fl k
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication
-(RSA, DSA).
+(RSA, DSA, ECDSA).
The idea is that
.Nm
is started in the beginning of an X-session or a login session, and
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Bind the agent to the
socket
.Ar bind_address .
The default is
-.Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt .
+.Pa $TMPDIR/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt .
.It Fl c
Generate C-shell commands on
.Dv stdout .
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ When executed without arguments,
.Xr ssh-add 1
adds the files
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa ,
-.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa ,
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
and
.Pa ~/.ssh/identity .
If the identity has a passphrase,
@@ -187,9 +188,11 @@ line terminates.
Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user.
+.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
+Contains the protocol version 2 ECDSA authentication identity of the user.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user.
-.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt
+.It Pa $TMPDIR/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt
.Ux Ns -domain
sockets used to contain the connection to the authentication agent.
These sockets should only be readable by the owner.